Catherine C. Beebe

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Dec 8, 2012 at 1:26 PMDec 8, 2012 at 1:31 PM

Catherine C. “Chris” Beebe, 78, of Pontiac, died at 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.Her funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Pontiac, with Father David Sabel officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Pontiac.Friends may call from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday with the Rosary being recited at 2:30 p.m. at Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Pontiac.Chris was born May 11, 1934, in Bloomington, the daughter of Harry J. and Mary Jane (Wall) Dennis. She married Dayton “Dick” Beebe June 22, 1963, in Bloomington at St. Mary’s Church. He passed away Nov. 3, 1997.She is survived by two sons, Dean (Barbara) Beebe, Milton, Wis. and Pete (Tina) Beebe, Pontiac; one daughter, Mary (Todd) Gould, Pontiac. Chris and her husband, Dick, raised three of their nieces and nephews as their own children after the loss of their parents, Tom and Kathy Dennis. They are Mary (Rick) Hoeniges, Bloomington, Mark Dennis, Sparta, Wis. and Tom Dennis, Peoria; four brothers, Jim Dennis, Taylorville, Bill Dennis, Wilmington, John Dennis, Danvers, and Tim (Susan) Dennis, Lake Forest; two sisters, Mary Helen Goetsch, Midland, Texas, and Paulita (Mark) Killian, Lexington; and nine grandchildren, Jacob Beebe, Joshua Beebe, Amanda Beebe, Peyton Beebe, Tyler Beebe, Garrett Gould, Colin Gould, Levi Hoeniges and Maury Hoeniges.She was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Tim Dennis.Mrs. Beebe was educated in Trinity High School, Bloomington.She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Pontiac.Chris was a homemaker and she worked as a medical transcriptionist in Chicago and at St. Joseph Hospital in Bloomington.She was an avid fan of the Green Bay Packers — “GO PACK GO” — and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. She greatly enjoyed collecting and watching birds.We will remember her for her Irish charm, generous and loving spirit, words of wisdom, silly sense of humor and pinch-hitting in our baseball games. Give Dad a hug and kiss for us. It’s time to dance with him — “Somewhere my Love.”Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Wounded Warrior Project and the American Diabetes Association.Online condolences may be made to the family at duffyfuneralhome.com.